East and West Midlands Branch

THE INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS

 

MAESTRO to the rescue

 

A talk by

 

Olivier Haas

Control Theory and Applications Centre, Coventry University

 

Tuesday 20^th March 2007

starting at 7.30 pm

 

Queen’s Building, Q1.10

City Campus, De Montfort University,

 Leicester

http://www.dmu.ac.uk/aboutdmu/campuses/maps/leic_campus.jsp  

 

Abstract

 

The European integrated project MAESTRO (Methods and Advanced Equipment for Simulation and Treatment in Radio-Oncology) aims to provide research on image guided radiation therapy (IGRT). Unique to the project is the combination of radiotherapy physics, medical imaging and control engineering to improve the behaviour of current radiotherapy treatment devices.

 

The work aims to develop new control techniques to enable radiotherapy treatment equipment to move to adapt to detectable organ and patient motion. A three stage research process was used and will be described, including test involving the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (UHCW), Coventry, Newcastle general Hospital, Newcastle, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh and Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge. 

 

 

 

No charge is made to attend meetings, non-IMA members are welcome

 

The talk is coordinated by East Midlands Branch Secretary, Dr Stephen Hibberd, School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham, email: stephen.hibberd@nottingham.ac.uk.

Details of East Midlands Branch activities: http://www.ima.org.uk/EMidBranch/ima.html